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The whole backlink profile of one target in a single call: first_seen, lost_date, rank, backlinks, backlinks_spam_score, crawled_pages, internal_links_count and an info block, with referring-domain and anchor counts alongside. Measured at 1.4 KB. Wrapped in DataForSEO’s envelope: data in tasks[0].result, outcome in tasks[0].status_code - a rejected request still returns HTTP 200. This is the hub of the family - start here, then drill into whichever part matters: post_dataforseo_backlinks_backlinks_live for the individual links, post_dataforseo_backlinks_referring_domains_live for who links, post_dataforseo_backlinks_anchors_live for the text they use. This one takes no limit parameter, so the only lever is calling it less often.

Example

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Cost and request rules

Published reference values are not an account-specific quote or a settled charge. For endpoints supporting X-AISA-Cost-Mode: quote, obtain a free quote for your exact request before execution; reconcile the settled cost with response metadata and Usage Logs. USD amounts use 1,000,000 integer micro-USD per dollar.
  • Default request reference estimate (USD): 0.024
  • Cost contract: response_usd
  • Published reference multiplier: 1.0
  • Settlement evidence source: response_body

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
target
string

domain, subdomain or webpage to get data for
required field
a domain or a subdomain should be specified without https:// and www.
a page should be specified with absolute URL (including http:// or https://)

include_subdomains
boolean | null

indicates if the subdomains of the target will be included in the search
optional field
if set to false, the subdomains will be ignored
default value: true

indicates if indirect links to the target will be included in the results
optional field
if set to true, the results will include data on indirect links pointing to a page that either redirects to the target, or points to a canonical page
if set to false, indirect links will be ignored
default value: true

indicates if internal backlinks from subdomains to the target will be excluded from the results
optional field
if set to true, the results will not include data on internal backlinks from subdomains of the same domain as target
if set to false, internal links will be included in the results
default value: true

internal_list_limit
integer | null

maximum number of elements within internal arrays
optional field
you can use this field to limit the number of elements within the following arrays:
referring_links_tld
referring_links_types
referring_links_attributes
referring_links_platform_types
referring_links_semantic_locations

default value: 10
maximum value: 1000

set what backlinks to return and count
optional field
you can use this field to choose what backlinks will be returned and used for aggregated metrics for your target;
possible values:
all - all backlinks will be returned and counted;
live - backlinks found during the last check will be returned and counted;
lost - lost backlinks will be returned and counted;

default value: live

filter the backlinks of your target
optional field
you can use this field to filter the initial backlinks that will be included in the dataset for aggregated metrics for your target
you can filter the backlinks by all fields available in the response of this endpoint
using this parameter, you can include only dofollow backlinks in the response and create a flexible backlinks dataset to calculate the metrics for
example:
"backlinks_filters": ["dofollow", "=", true]

rank_scale
string | null

defines the scale used for calculating and displaying the rank, domain_from_rank, and page_from_rank values
optional field

you can use this parameter to choose whether rank values are presented on a 0–100 or 0–1000 scale

possible values:
one_hundred — rank values are displayed on a 0–100 scale
one_thousand — rank values are displayed on a 0–1000 scale

default value: one_thousand

learn more about how this parameter works and how ranking metrics are calculated in this Help Center article

tag
string | null

user-defined task identifier
optional field
the character limit is 255
you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result
you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response

Example:

Response

object | null

Successful operation

version
string | null

the current version of the API

status_code
integer | null

general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here

status_message
string | null

general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here

time
string | null

total execution time, seconds

cost
number<double> | null

total tasks cost, USD

tasks_count
integer<int64> | null

the number of tasks in the tasks array

tasks_error
integer<int64> | null

the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error

tasks
(object | null)[] | null

array of tasks